SDET Jobs in Berkshire

Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET)
South East > Berkshire

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Berkshire with a requirement for SDET skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited SDET over the 6 months to 2 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 140 187 186
Rank change year-on-year +47 -1 -22
Permanent jobs citing SDET 23 9 7
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Berkshire 0.74% 0.28% 0.20%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.86% 0.30% 0.22%
Number of salaries quoted 19 7 7
10th Percentile £31,000 - £52,000
25th Percentile £46,875 £67,500 £64,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £70,000 £75,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.71% -7.28% +25.83%
75th Percentile £68,750 £72,500 £78,500
90th Percentile £72,500 - £81,100
South East median annual salary £47,500 £70,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -32.14% - +33.33%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Berkshire

SDET is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in Berkshire with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,668 3,036 3,142
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Berkshire 86.40% 95.38% 91.71%
Number of salaries quoted 1,851 1,660 1,983
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,000 £42,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £60,000 £58,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +2.56% +6.36%
75th Percentile £71,000 £75,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £92,500 £82,500
South East median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%

SDET
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

Job postings citing SDET as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.

Job vacancy trend for SDET in Berkshire

SDET
Salary Trend in Berkshire

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing SDET in Berkshire.

Salary trend for SDET in Berkshire

SDET
Salary Histogram in Berkshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing SDET in Berkshire over the 6 months to 2 May 2024.

Salary histogram for SDET in Berkshire

SDET
Job Locations in Berkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SDET within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 2 May 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Reading +26 20 £62,500 -10.71% 1
Newbury - 2 £34,000 -
Bracknell - 1 £34,000 -
SDET
South East

SDET
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 7 (30.43%) Apache
Cloud Services
1 11 (47.83%) GitHub
2 7 (30.43%) AWS
3 6 (26.09%) SaaS
4 5 (21.74%) Azure
4 5 (21.74%) Azure DevOps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.35%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 14 (60.87%) Cucumber
2 13 (56.52%) Selenium
3 11 (47.83%) Jenkins
3 11 (47.83%) JIRA
4 8 (34.78%) JUnit
4 8 (34.78%) REST Assured
4 8 (34.78%) TestNG
4 8 (34.78%) WebDriver
5 6 (26.09%) Bitbucket Server
5 6 (26.09%) JMeter
5 6 (26.09%) Serenity BDD
6 5 (21.74%) Bitbucket
6 5 (21.74%) Bugzilla
6 5 (21.74%) Cypress.io
6 5 (21.74%) Git
6 5 (21.74%) SoapUI
6 5 (21.74%) Zephyr
7 2 (8.70%) Postman
8 1 (4.35%) Hudson
General
1 3 (13.04%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (13.04%) Electronics
2 1 (4.35%) Public Sector
2 1 (4.35%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 11 (47.83%) Automation Tester
1 11 (47.83%) Tester
2 9 (39.13%) Developer
2 9 (39.13%) Developer in Test
3 7 (30.43%) Software Developer
4 6 (26.09%) JavaScript Developer
5 3 (13.04%) Systems Engineer
5 3 (13.04%) Systems Test Engineer
5 3 (13.04%) Test Engineer
6 2 (8.70%) Java Automation Tester
7 1 (4.35%) AWS Engineer
7 1 (4.35%) Embedded Engineer
7 1 (4.35%) Test Automation Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (47.83%) Web Services
2 8 (34.78%) REST
3 7 (30.43%) Apache Commons
3 7 (30.43%) Guava
3 7 (30.43%) Java Concurrency
3 7 (30.43%) WireMock
4 5 (21.74%) Playwright
4 5 (21.74%) RESTful
4 5 (21.74%) SOAP
5 3 (13.04%) Middleware
6 2 (8.70%) Gherkin
7 1 (4.35%) Celery
7 1 (4.35%) Kafka
7 1 (4.35%) React
Miscellaneous
1 5 (21.74%) Client/Server
1 5 (21.74%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (4.35%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 1 (4.35%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (100.00%) Software Testing
2 16 (69.57%) Agile
3 14 (60.87%) Test Automation
4 13 (56.52%) CI/CD
5 12 (52.17%) Code Quality
5 12 (52.17%) Scrum
6 11 (47.83%) Test Management
7 8 (34.78%) API Testing
7 8 (34.78%) BDD
8 7 (30.43%) Containerisation
8 7 (30.43%) Design Patterns
8 7 (30.43%) Scenario Testing
9 6 (26.09%) Task Automation
10 5 (21.74%) DevOps
11 4 (17.39%) Test Scripting
12 3 (13.04%) Collaborative Working
12 3 (13.04%) Computer Science
12 3 (13.04%) Continuous Integration
12 3 (13.04%) Mechatronics
12 3 (13.04%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 14 (60.87%) Java
2 12 (52.17%) JavaScript
3 6 (26.09%) SQL
3 6 (26.09%) TypeScript
4 2 (8.70%) PL/SQL
4 2 (8.70%) Python
Qualifications
1 10 (43.48%) SC Cleared
1 10 (43.48%) Security Cleared
2 4 (17.39%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (39.13%) QA
System Software
1 8 (34.78%) Docker
2 3 (13.04%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 8 (34.78%) Kubernetes
2 5 (21.74%) HP Quality Center
3 1 (4.35%) Ansible
Vendors
1 5 (21.74%) HP
1 5 (21.74%) Microsoft
2 1 (4.35%) Oracle